Crossfit of Fremont

January 27, 2012

STAND TALL YOUNG MAN

I had my camera set in sport mode, and caught about 30 continuous shots of Stegen doing bar facing burpees near the end of the workout. In 30 shots (about three burpees), Stegen remained bent over the entire time!

I am not picking on Stegen (he got a big laugh about it afterward). Stegen does what many of us do when we reach that point of exhaustion. The mind overrides the body. In Stegen's case, mentally he felt it was easier to continue moving without standing up. In reality, he was bent over and compressing his lung cavity, thus, he was unable to take in full deep breaths. It felt easier, but in reality it was harder.

This is the beauty and the beast of of high intensity training. If you can maintain your brain and thus, maintain the integrity of your movement, the results are amazing. If you lose it, and let your mind run your body mechanics, you don't get the same results, and you risk the possibility of injury. Sometimes you have to slow down and get a grip in order to do better.

Just a little food for thought the next time a workout is getting the best of you.

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MAKE-UP DAY 1/28/2012

Make-up a workout you missed in the last cycle....OR....work on a skill....OR....rest!!

Good job on completing those facing burpees. I get that way too and it's hard to sometimes focus and realize to just stop for a moment, straighten out your body and breathe. Getting better at it. The 4th photo is hilarious though.

Nice slingblade! Funny thing is, I didn't even notice until Freddy called me out! And I was wondering why I felt all smoked... =) That was pretty hilarious, though, when you were showing me the continuous sequence of fail after it was all done.